Planning and Control in Pull Production
24 important questions on Planning and Control in Pull Production
What is part of the centralized system?
This part of the PPC system is to accumulate demand information and formulate production plans and schedules
What are the goals of the centralized system?
- Keep day-to-day production variation to a minimum
What is the role of the decentralized part of the system?
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What is a drawback of centralized planning, scheduling and control?
What are the main functions of centralized system?
- Daily scheduling of final production
- Materials forecasting and procurement
When will the finalization of daily schedule take place?
What are Supplier Kanban Systems?
What is the biggest difference between pull systems and traditional push systems?
How is production capacity flexibility achieved?
What is the sole purpose of data collection in the plant for traditional and lean companies?
In lean companies also to provide frontline workers with information for scheduling and controlling their work
How is much of the information that workers rely on displayed?
Generates and displays information for daily scheduling and control
What are elements of visual management?
- Containers
- Workplace signals
- information post-its
- andons (Electrische borden) signaling the status of a process
- Posted SORs
- Pokayokes for signaling and preventing defects
What is Flattening the BOM?
Why can cellular manufacturing also lead to flattening of BOMs?
What is an alternative to physically removing the records?
a material that never actually goes into storage, but is in a momentary transitional state (component/subassembly) and is en route to the next stage of the process.
When is using phantom records preferred?
What is a stock area?
Where should the stock area be placed?
What is postdeduct/backflushing?
What is a purchasing kanban/blanket transaction?
What is a deduct point?
What is the downside of superflush?
What is daily production rate?
How is the daily production rate determined?
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